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Wednesday, July 27, 2005

Forsberg/Naslund Package Deal...Allison wants to play for Leafs

Naslund/Forsberg ComboIt could be the greatest 1-2 sale ever in the NHL.The Vancouver Sun spoke with Canucks captain Markus Naslund and he confirmed that he and Peter Forsberg are considering packaging their rights together."Who wouldn't want to play with Peter?" Naslund told the Sun. "We'll see if that could work out or not. I mean, I think you can ask pretty much any winger in the league and they wouldn't mind playing with him."

Leafs trading up; look to land AllisonJuly 27 @ 9:15 AMThe Leafs, who are believed to be interested in selecting top goaltending prospect Carey Price, have reportedly been in talks with Columbus, Chicago and Atlanta -- the six through eight picks -- about a possible trade, reports the National Post. "I've heard grumblings of them trying to move up [in the draft]," Mark Seidel, chief scout for the International Scouting Service, told the Post. "Some teams have their eyes on certain guys, and I think they're one of them."In other Leafs news, former Kings sniper Jason Allison isn't hiding the fact he would like to play for the Blue and White, reports the Toronto Star."To me, it makes a lot of sense," Allison said. "I grew up here and I've been dreaming since I was 2 to play for the Toronto Maple Leafs. In the past I might not have been interested and part of the reason for that is that I kind of like my privacy."

Iginla recruiting NiedermayerJuly 27 @ 9:15 AMThe latest Niedermayer rumour making the rounds has Calgary Flames captain Jarome Iginla putting the hard sell on the Devils blueliner to play in Calgary, reports the Vancouver Province.Niedermayer has made it known he would like to play closer to his Cranbrook home and Calgary as well as Vancouver would fit that bill. Also, through his agent Kevin Epp, he has made it known that there are a few teams he would be willing to play for at a discounted rate, but Epp would not divulge which teams those are.

The Detroit Red Wings are waiting on Brendan Shanahan.According to the Detroit News, the Wings are waiting for the 36-year old power forward to exercise his $2.4 million player option to return to the club.Red Wings general manger Ken Holland is concerned that the team has still not received a decision from Shanahan."I've been at it long enough to know that (if) nothing's happened by now, there's a possibility that he's maybe entertaining thoughts of not exercising it," Holland told the paper.Shanahan's agent Rick Curran said that the forward has been focused on NHL responsibilities recently and they will inform the Red Wings of the decision by the Thursday 5pm et deadline.If Shanahan doesn't exercise the option, he will become an unrestricted free-agent.Holland told the Detroit News that he hopes Shanahan will stay."I'd like to have Brendan back. Obviously, he's in the driver's seat. He can do a lot of things. He's a veteran, he's a leader, he can score goals, but at the same time, he's got to want to be here."

Report: Coyotes keeping Morris, MaraThe Phoenix Coyotes have made qualifying offers to two of their key defensemen.According to the Arizona Republic, the club is bringing back restricted free-agents Derek Morris and Paul Mara.The 26-year old Morris registered four assists in 14 games after joining Phoenix in March of 2004. He received a $2.66 million offer.Mara set career highs with 42 points and 36 assists in 2003-04. The 25-year old tallied 23 points on the power-play and received a $1.14 million offerIn other Coyotes news, the newspaper also reports that the team also tendered a qualifying offer to forward Krys Kolanos, and exercised club options on forwards Mike Rupp and Boyd Devereaux.

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Once you have set your lifetime goals, the best thing that you can do is set a 25 year plan of smaller goals that you should complete if you are to reach your lifetime plan. From there you can just shorten your overall goal spans for example, you set a 5 year plan, 1 year plan, 6 month plan, and 1 month plan of progressively smaller goals that you should reach to achieve your lifetime goals.

Each of these should be based on the previous plan. It is the best way to begin to achieve a lifetime that is filled with and results in a life without any failed wishes. It results in a life without regret.

You see, by starting out slowly, you are giving yourself the chance to realize and work on achieving the goals that you set out to.

Nobody ever succeeds at attaining a goal that was forced through. Those that tried never really got what they were hoping for. In rushing through and trying to achieve your goals quickly you will likely miss a few key aspects that can really change your outcome.

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It would be a hollow victory that could only provide a moments happiness.

Finally set a daily to do list of the things that you should do today to work towards your lifetime goals.

At an early stage these goals may be to read books and gather information on the achievement of your goals. This will help you to improve the quality and realism of your goal setting and in effect; make it easier to achieve them.

You also have to review your plans, and make sure that they fit the way in which you want to live your life.

Once you have decided what your first set of plans will be, keep the process going by reviewing and updating your to-do list on a daily basis.

You have to periodically review the longer term plans, and change them to reflect your changing priorities and experiences in your life.

This crystallizes your goals and gives them more force. In writing your goals down, you are better able to keep up with your scheduled tasks for each accomplishment. It also helps you to remember each task that needs to be done and allows you to check them off as they are accomplished.

Basically, you can better keep track of what you are doing so as not to repeat yourself unnecessarily.

You should take care to set goals over which you have as much control as possible. There is nothing more dispiriting than failing to achieve a personal goal for reasons that are beyond your control.

These could be bad business environments, poor judging, bad weather, injury, or just plain bad luck. If you base your goals on personal your performance, then you can keep control over the achievement of your goals and get satisfaction from achieving them.

All sorts of people (parents, media, and society) can set unrealistic goals for you which is almost a guarantee of failure. They will often do this in ignorance of your own desires and ambitions or flat out disinterest.

Alternatively you may be naive in setting very high goals. You might not appreciate either the obstacles in the way, or understand quite how many skills you must master to achieve a particular level of performance.

Just as it is important not to set goals unrealistically high; do not set them too low.

People tend to do this where they are afraid of failure or where they simply don’t want to do anything.

You should set goals so that they are slightly out of your immediate grasp, but not so far that there is no hope of achieving them. No one will put serious effort into achieving a goal that they believe is unattainable.

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